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BREW REVIEW

     Through out most of October whenever I had the chance to drink Samuel Adams’ seasonal brew Octoberfest I did. You see the beer is only available to the public from late August until the end of October so if you love beers with a nice malty taste you better get out there while supplies last.

Hooray for Octoberfest!!!     

     Now while Sam’s Octoberfest is definitely a good beer I often see it in the same light as Heineken where drinkers drink it for it’s cultural status and hip appeal. Taste-wise the first day in October when you have it for the first time all year you will find a refreshing and invigorating experience but after you’ve polished off a 12 pack the malty hoppiness kind of wears off. I’ll say I find the beer highly over-rated but I’ll also say that it does capture the feeling of the ending of summer and the arrival of autumn. Drinking Octoberfest does heighten the notion of football in the air and baseball coming to a close, Halloween and leaves on the ground, days growing shorter and nights lasting longer. Drink it while you can!

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10. LEAVING LAS VEGAS

Very well made film and it has some serious drinking in it, but it’s way too dark to be any higher on my countdown.

9. KINGPIN

It’s hard not to like a movie that deals with bowling and drinking.

8. STRANGE BREW

Word to the wise: putting a mouse in a beer bottle will not get you free beer.

7. BEERFEST

Always brings back fond memories of when my friend Dan and I went 25 - 0 over two days playing Beer Pong.

6. COCKTAIL

The ending is kind of weird but whenever this movie is on it does make you want to drink and have fun. “I’ve got the hippy hippy shake!”

5. SIDEWAYS

I use to be a beer and a shot kind of guy but this film got me to actually want to learn about and drink wine.

4. SKI SCHOOL

I don’t even like skiing but I’ll watch this movie ever time it’s on. One of the purest party movies ever made.

3. NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE

“My advice to you. Start drinking heavily”

2. THE HANGOVER

Although you don’t see much drinking in this movie, it does show that sometimes the aftermath is even funnier.

1. WITHNAIL AND I

It’s “Dumb and Dumber” with two hardcore alcoholics. It’s “Well Hung Over” before I could even dream it. It’s with no equal the greatest drinking movie of all-time.

It also has the most impossible drinking game ever: the game consists of keeping up drink for drink with every drink Withnail has in the movie. So basically you would have under 2 hours to drink:

10 glasses of red wine
1 pint of cider
1 shot of lighter fluid
3 shots of gin
6 glasses of sherry
13 glasses of whiskey
1 pint of ale

BTW - if you attempt to do this you will DIE!!! You have been warned.  

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Heineken
Pale Lager, The Netherlands

      What can I say about Heineken beer? Cool label and logo, check! Cool bottle, check! A premium quality import, check! But wait….is this beer really as good as everyone says it is? I remember as a young lad in my late teens and early twenties when I thought holding and drinking a Heineken was some kind of status symbol among my peers, as if the green bottle was some kind of uppity accessory that successful and cool people should brandish. But what about the taste? Hey back then taste didn’t matter as long as you looked good, right?

      Well I’m in my thirties now and I don’t give a fuck about looking good only feeling good. And while I’m not going to say Heineken tastes horrible, I’m done with the whole “premium quality import” shit. The bitter aftertaste has always bothered me and although there is a crispness to the beer there is also a certain tang I’ve never grown accostumed to. So all those high-fiving douchebags in the high end bars asking for a “Heini” can go screw! 

Can you find the Heineken is this picture?

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     I recently turned 31 and I started wondering not only what am I doing with my life but also what the fuck is the purpose of my website WellHungOver.net? Originally, I started the website so I could showcase my wonderful short film by the same name, but the more I think about it I think there’s more potential for that so-called waste of cyber-space. So I started thinking “What does it mean to be WellHungOver?” And the following is what I came up with:

1. You don’t fear death, and won’t give into torture.

2. You have Olympic Beer Pong Skills.

3. You have knowledge that would surprise a scholar, and a sense of humor that would make even a bad girl grin.

4. You have the sociability of a lamb, but remain a lone wolf.

5. You have the highest level of experience with alcohol, gambling, video games, screwball comedies, music, pornography and fast food. 

6. You can fall in love but you can never love.

7. You realize you may have, at times, squandered your abilities and opportunities, but will always remain positive about the future.

     So there you have it, are you “WellHungOver”? If you are and even if you’re not, feel free to stop by sometime at WellHungOver.net